Call for papers – Compulsory mediation in the civil courts: opportunity or threat?

The Academic Committee of the Civil Mediation Council is hosting a conference on compulsory mediation on 13 October 2017 and is seeking abstracts for papers.

The Council welcomes papers on any aspect of the above topic to inform wider policy and discussion of the role of mediation in the civil court process. The aim is also to include aspects of mediation in administrative and family justice as well.

This Conference takes place against a background of the modernising of court processes and the introduction of the online court. The Keynote Address will be provided by Sir Ernest Ryder, Lord Justice of Appeal and Senior President of Tribunals.

For informal enquiries, please email: s.j.prince@exeter.ac.uk

Further information’s available here: Mediation Conference October 2017.